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The International invites DK
posted by Jaywalker, 1 year ago
It is groundbreaking news.
DK is the first team to be invited for The International held in Seattle this year.
The team has received the first invitation from Valve to participate in the prestigious Dota 2 LAN to be held in Seattle this year. Although there is no official confirmation from Valve, DK has published photos of their invitation letters and announcing this news via their official Tencent Weibo.
Super, Zippo, LongDD, BurNing and rOtk with their invitations
The International invitation letters for DK
We have managed to contact BurNing and he gave us the following humble statement:
When we received the invitation naturally we felt excited and exhilarated. But after settling down, we know we shouldn't be happy this early. Getting a Visa is no easy task, our performance are of no competition to the top teams in Dota 2 right now. We will increase our efforts to train and improve our skills.
It is an exciting moment as all teams will be nervously anticipating an invite and hoping to participate in the event that had featured the prize pool of $ 1.6 million. It is unknown if more teams have received their invitations, stay tuned as joinDOTA bring you updates of more teams getting one of the coveted slots.
DK team roster:
Zhilei 'BurNing' Xu Xiang 'LongDD' Huang Xiong 'Zippo' Zhou Fan 'rOtk' Bai Junhao 'Super' Xie
Sources: DK official Tencent Weibo
#26
Jaywalker wrote at 09.05.2012, 12:41 CEST:
Updated with BurNing's statement :)
#27
Derby wrote at 09.05.2012, 12:41 CEST:
yea IMHO Na`Vi should have gotten theirs first as the champion of last year and with recent results such as TPL/The Defense/Starladder.
#28
Toxiq wrote at 09.05.2012, 12:44 CEST:
Jaywalker schrieb:
Updated with BurNing's statement :)
Updated with BurNing's statement :)
I did mention Visa issue before xD
#29
Forgoroe wrote at 09.05.2012, 12:45 CEST:
Those letters look awesome.
#30
TunaBarrett wrote at 09.05.2012, 12:49 CEST:
Might be a stupid question, but why would you need a visa for this? Cant they just travel as to the US as tourists as they dont really need to stay longer than a week?
#31
Mooob wrote at 09.05.2012, 12:51 CEST:
Navi deserved it more!
#32
LordBlaze32 wrote at 09.05.2012, 12:51 CEST:
SimplyStronk schrieb:
implying they don't have an invite.
Ever thought about them having an invite already, just not showing off?
MossKing schrieb:
What a joke not giving Na'Vi the first invite
What a joke not giving Na'Vi the first invite
implying they don't have an invite.
Ever thought about them having an invite already, just not showing off?
Such fanboys. It doesn't matter who gets invited first or not. And the quicker Chinese teams get invites, they longer Valve has to sort visas, etc. And if Na'Vi did receive invites they would have immediately made an announcement. It's not showing off. It's just being proud to be recognized as one of the most stable and strongest dota2 teams.
#33
ajzaklija wrote at 09.05.2012, 12:51 CEST:
hell yea
#34
Valon129 wrote at 09.05.2012, 12:52 CEST:
TunaBarrett schrieb:
Might be a stupid question, but why would you need a visa for this? Cant they just travel as to the US as tourists as they dont really need to stay longer than a week?
Might be a stupid question, but why would you need a visa for this? Cant they just travel as to the US as tourists as they dont really need to stay longer than a week?
Because china as a shitty governement.
#35
Toxiq wrote at 09.05.2012, 12:52 CEST:
If it was in Turkey sure, but USA is another thing. That's why all gamers complained when WCG was in USA, coz half of them couldn manage to get a visa ;/
#36
Hermanni- wrote at 09.05.2012, 12:52 CEST:
Is there any chance of this being a sham? They should be in TI, but if there's been no word from Valve couldn't anyone have sent those letters?
#37
JtoX wrote at 09.05.2012, 12:53 CEST:
SHIT JUST GOT REAL !!
well, when DK says they will prepare, i can only say NaVi is going to have a HARD time !!
well, when DK says they will prepare, i can only say NaVi is going to have a HARD time !!
#38
EnDumEn wrote at 09.05.2012, 12:53 CEST:
AS some1 wrote before it's first to the asian teams cause of the VISA
#39
stanceL wrote at 09.05.2012, 12:56 CEST:
>featured the prizepool of $1 million dollars
>prizepool of $1million dollars
?
>prizepool of $1million dollars
?
#40
hANDoFbLOOD wrote at 09.05.2012, 12:56 CEST:
I'M SO FUCKING EXCITED. CHINESE TEAMS ON THE INTERNATIONAL, ONLY HELL YEAH!!!!
#41
L-Pow wrote at 09.05.2012, 12:58 CEST:
Hermanni- schrieb:
Is there any chance of this being a sham? They should be in TI, but if there's been no word from Valve couldn't anyone have sent those letters?
Is there any chance of this being a sham? They should be in TI, but if there's been no word from Valve couldn't anyone have sent those letters?
Yeah i did that, sry.
#42
gvt.omen wrote at 09.05.2012, 12:59 CEST:
DK best China team and then Visa problems. Good thing they are given invites a bit ahead of the International so they can get their visas readied in time for the International. Coz without China you can't call a Dota Competition, a Competition at all. ;)
#43
goblind wrote at 09.05.2012, 12:59 CEST:
Hopefuly they will be able to sort out the VISA issue. Hope to see them there.
Some comments reminds me of when I was 9 or 10 years old and it was christmas time. Amazing.
Some comments reminds me of when I was 9 or 10 years old and it was christmas time. Amazing.
#44
Haunt! wrote at 09.05.2012, 13:02 CEST:
OMG THOSE PLASTIC SEAL STAMPS! SO HARDCORE!
#45
MY-DeaD wrote at 09.05.2012, 13:02 CEST:
hope next is malaysian team
#46
Mooob wrote at 09.05.2012, 13:04 CEST:
People need to realise that to enter america its like trying to enter a warzone, their security is sick. They will ask you the most retarded questions and will twists the words in everyway trying to make you look guilty so you will crack or to give them a reason to hold you.
#47
diemandie wrote at 09.05.2012, 13:05 CEST:
does the invite says the date the of the competitions???!!!
#48
rotegirte wrote at 09.05.2012, 13:07 CEST:
Mooob schrieb:
People need to realise that to enter america its like trying to enter a warzone, their security is sick. They will ask you the most retarded questions and will twists the words in everyway trying to make you look guilty so you will crack or to give them a reason to hold you.
People need to realise that to enter america its like trying to enter a warzone, their security is sick. They will ask you the most retarded questions and will twists the words in everyway trying to make you look guilty so you will crack or to give them a reason to hold you.
you got it right... it's common sense for everyone travelling a lot. US border customs are even obnoxious towards their own citizens
#49
Diltran wrote at 09.05.2012, 13:15 CEST:
A big congratulations to DK's for being invited and goodluck to all the teams out there hope you all get invited cause you already gave us almost half a year of entertainment and you all deserve it!
#50
musmatta wrote at 09.05.2012, 13:17 CEST:
Jiiiizzes in my pants
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